rouse

To cause (something) to be (more) active or to move; to agitate, to stir up.

To stir (a liquid, especially (brewing) beer in the brewing process).

To provoke (someone) to react (for example, in anger or annoyance); to spur; also, to annoy, to tease.

Originally chiefly followed by up: to cause (an emotional reaction, a feeling, etc.); to excite, to incite, to stir up.

to rouse the emotions or passions

Sometimes followed by up: to disturb (someone) from a state of apathy, comfort, etc.

Sometimes followed by up: to wake (oneself or someone) from deep thought, or rest or sleep; to awaken.

To lift up or raise (someone; or something, especially the head).

Sometimes followed by up: to cause (oneself) to be active or alert; to incite, to stir; also, to cause (oneself) to carry out a task, take action, etc.

AustraliaarchaicinformalFollowed by at, on, etc.: to criticize severely; to tell off.

He roused on her for being late yet again.

archaicTo sprinkle salt on (fish, especially herring) in the process of curing; to salt.

archaicTo cause (something) to rest or settle.

archaicTo rest or settle.

An act of causing something to be (more) active or to move; a shakeup, a stir; also (chiefly US), a commotion, a disturbance.

Chiefly of a hawk: an act of shaking the feathers.

CanadaUKOften in the form Rouse and preceded by the: the sounding of a call, usually on the bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed; also, the reveille.

archaicA full or large cup or glass of an alcoholic beverage, especially when drunk as a toast; a bumper.

to give a rouse    to take one’s rouse

archaicA social gathering at which alcoholic beverages are drunk; a drinking bout or party; a carousal.

archaicobsoleteUsed as an epithet for a person: having red hair; red-haired, redheaded.